Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #315 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 21 Jun 99 Volume 16 : Issue 315 Today's Topics: (C) Clubmac splits up orders (Q) Sherlock search results in Finder Find [A(maybe)] Desktop rebuilds (improperly) on each start up [A] Calendar software [A] Desktop rebuilds (improperly) on each start up [A] G3 Powerbook S video out [A] QuickTime MIDI Tool? [Q] Wish to purchase QuarkXPress licences [Q] Wish to purchase QuarkXPress licences [corrected] civilization: call to power G3 Powerbook S video out Help! Desktop rebuilds (improperly) on each start up ICQ Info-Mac Digest V16 #314 PB G3 and GSM phones satellite internet provider True Type Fonts The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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Now the battery is going to arrive earlier than the power cord, and this is crazy. Usually one order goes out from other mail order companies no matter how many parts are ordered. Clubmac separates orders, so be forewarned. If you need a certain product earlier, don't buy from Clubmac, or call in your order for the item you need sooner at an earlier time. Don't expect them to arrive at the same time, even if you call them in at the same time. I have been able to order multiple items from MacZone, MacConnection, and MacWarehouse before with this never happening. What's wrong with Clubmac? Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 14:08:22 -0400 From: a brody Subject: (Q) Sherlock search results in Finder Find Dear Digest readers, I don't know if this is a bug or feature. But somehow, everytime I search a file locally on my hard drive now the results window is partially off screen. Dragging the titlebar so I can see the whole window works, but once I quit Sherlock, it reverts the results window location to the same spot the next time I search. No matter how many times I try to relocate the results window to a place entirely visible on my screen it reverts back to its old location. Powerbook G3 series 233Mhz 512k backside MacOS 8.6 192MB of RAM Virtual memory off zapped the PRAM and rebuilt the desktop to no avail. Anybody know how to make the default location of the search results window different? I'd also like it to stretch full width of the screen on the left hand side. Maybe somebody could create a public domain software to do that? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:11:33 -0700 From: "Daniel O'Donnell" Subject: [A(maybe)] Desktop rebuilds (improperly) on each start up Hmm, first I've heard of this one... You may have to completely delete the desktop files (DB and DF), and you've got several options for accomplishing this. You can do it manually, by using ResEdit or Norton DiskEditor to make the files visible or (easiest) get TechTool from and use it to do a desktop rebuild. It will automagically delete the desktop files and restart the box. On restart the computer creates new desktop files. Try this and let us know... HTH, DOD At 10:21 AM -0400 on 6/18/99, Howard M. Fried wrote... >Sys 8.1, PowerBook G3 (Wallstreet). Every time I boot up, the desktop >gets rebuilt, on its own, no user intervention. But it's rebuilt >incorrectly. The icons all look OK (not generic) but files are no longer >associated with their applications; click on a file and nothing happens, >click on an alias and the "...application that created it could not be >found" error pops up. >I'd be grateful if anyone could clear this up or suggest where to start >looking for a culprit. > >TIA, >Howard Fried "FIND HUNGRY SAMURAI !" -the old wise man in Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 99 11:56:09 -0700 From: "B. J. Major" Subject: [A] Calendar software In reply to: >Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:26:27 +0100 >From: Nigel Bevan >Subject: [Q] Calendar software > >We are looking for calendar software to run across Macs and PCs. > >We currently use Now Up-to-Date on the Macs, and although we have a PC >version we never found out how to share the calendar information, and the >PC version is nolonger supported. > >Chronos's Consultant would have been a good choice, but apparently there >are no plans to produce a version for the PC. > >Does anyone know of any other solutions? Yes. The Palm Desktop software, version 2.1, available for free via download from Palm's website. You don't even have to own a Palm Pilot to take advantage of using the software on the Mac side. There are both PC and Mac versions of the Desktop. I've never "shared" the calendar info between Mac and PC, but there is an export feature in the Mac Palm Desktop that may just do what you need. Regards, --bj Home Page mirror with links to my Classic tv Photo Galleries: ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:00:42 +0000 From: Marlon Deason Subject: [A] Desktop rebuilds (improperly) on each start up You probably have a corupted Desktop File. You will need a program capable of seeing invisible files such as Techtool, CanOpener or ResEdit. With Techtool you can do a true desktop rebuild, which deletes your old DB files and forces the Mac to make new ones. Or you can do it yourself with a program like ResEdit by making the desktop DB files visible and then dragging them to the trash. Another option, if you quake at the thought of poking around with ResEdit, is to boot your Mac from a separate disk and force a desktop rebuild by holding down the 'option + command' keys. The Mac will ask you if you want to rebuild the separate disk then the internal disk. Good luck Marlon Deason marlond@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:49:16 +0000 From: Marlon Deason Subject: [A] G3 Powerbook S video out Not having a PowerBook G3, I can only answer from the 'S' video perspective. You will need an 'S' video enabled TV, an 'S' video cable and some way of getting 'S' video out of your computer. I have a small box from Focus which translates the Mac video signal to 'S' video. Here are some pitfalls I have had, just in case they help. First of all just because your TV has an 'S' video plug doesn't mean it is going to jump up and start displaying a signal from your computer. On my model of RCA TV you must change the channel to 'AUX Video' which kind of puts the TV in neutral before it will a accept input. Second, atleast on my set up, you sometimes have to have are the hardware duck in a row before you turn anything on (and sometimes not, hmmmm...) But this technique may be worth a try. Third, in my set up you control the output to the TV via the Monitors & Sound control panel. On your particular modle PowerBook, you are going to need to either 'mirror' or 'switch' your display to the TV. Meaning you will either see your video display jump over to the TV or you will see a mirror image on both. Oh yeah, 'S' video doesn't support audio, so you will need an audio line out to hear the sound on the TV. Good luck Marlon Deason marlond@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:24:17 +0100 From: Ian Goldby Subject: [A] QuickTime MIDI Tool? >I'm trying to find a program that will allow me to put together a QuickTime >MIDI file using QuickTime Musical Instruments. I have sufficient MIDI >sequencing tools, but I would like to find something that will specifically >allow me to access the instruments in QuickTime (preferrably QT3) and punch >out a tune. Any thoughts? > > -- Jon Fullmer Most MIDI sequencing tools allow you to listen to your work live using QuickTime Musical Instruments. I use Midigraphy, which is shareware and available from Info-Mac. Have a look under MIDI->MIDI port setup if you have Midigraphy, and select 'Use Quicktime'. You can convert a standard MIDI file into a Quicktime file, which will allow it to be played from the MoviePlayer in the following way: Load MoviePlayer, and select Import... from the File menu. Open the MIDI file, then choose a new name to save it under. There are some 'Options...' you can set if you like. Quicktime 3.0 supports the General MIDI standard for instrument patches (and possibly GS as well). Version 2.5 just supports a subset of GM. So you need to select a GM or GS patches configuration in your seqencer to ensure that the Quicktime patch sounds match the patch names given in your sequencer. I'm using Quicktime 2.5 here. It may be that in Quicktime 3.0, you need to have paid for the Pro version before you can convert files like this. Or you may get away with using the MoviePlayer from version 2.5 with the Quicktime extensions from 3.0. Hope this helps. Email me if you want any more help. Ian. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 13:43:00 -0500 From: CHAT Mac Lab Subject: [Q] Wish to purchase QuarkXPress licences Our school of 1100 students is expanding its teaching lab, and that means that we need to purchase more QuarkXPress licences. In order to save money, and preserve compatibility with our existing licences, we would like to purchase (at least) 15 licences for QuarkXPress 3.32. If you have licences for sale, please contact the undersigned at your earliest convenience. (Please note that only legitimate licence transfers will be considered; under no circumstances will we entertain violations of licence agreements.) Thank you. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 13:45:04 -0500 From: CHAT Mac Lab Subject: [Q] Wish to purchase QuarkXPress licences [corrected] Our school of 1100 students is expanding its teaching lab, and that means that we need to purchase more QuarkXPress licences. In order to save money, and preserve compatibility with our existing licences, we would like to purchase (at least) 15 licences for QuarkXPress 3.32. If you have licences for sale, please contact the undersigned at your earliest convenience. (Please note that only legitimate licence transfers will be considered; under no circumstances will we entertain violations of licence agreements.) Thank you. M.D. Arkin Computer Studies Department Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto 200 Wilmington Avenue Toronto, Canada M3H 5J8 office messages: + 1 416 636.5984 ext 221 office fax: + 1 416 636.7717 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:02:19 -0700 From: "Daniel O'Donnell" Subject: civilization: call to power Not a firsthand account, but you might ask around in . Lots of activity there, and lots of experience/knowledge(?) about VPC/SoftWin emulation and consequent problems. And you're right, emulation is probably your best strategy. HTH, DOD At 11:40 AM -0400 on 6/17/99, dead nancy wrote... >hi, everybody. > >so: i must play civilization: call to power. MUST. problem: mac version >release date is approximately xmas 99. > >so my choices are: >1. buy a cheap pc to play this game. >2. install linux on one of my macs and play the beta. >3. run civ:ctp under emulation. > >i'm hoping for no. 3. i have virtualpc 2 with windows 95 installed on a >greige 233mhz g3. seems like it should work, but activision's civ:ctp >hardware requirements keep repeating "100% windows-compatible." > >anyone have firsthand accounts? > >thanks. > >dead nancy >http://www.merkins.com/ "What I really want to know is: Are things getting better or are they getting worse?" -Laurie Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 05:41:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Allan Hunter Subject: G3 Powerbook S video out David L Hirschberg wrote: >I am playing around with a DVD drive in a powerbook G3/233. I have >so far been unable to send video out though the s video port. I have >plugged in the adaptor cable and run a video patch cord to the video >in on my TV but the TV does not seem to be getting any signal. Go to your Monitors Resolution Control Strip (or the Monitors & Sound CP) and you will notice new available settings for video display on the S-video device, which will appear as another monitor. Not all resolutions listed will look good, or even work, but some should. If it doesn't appear in the list, reboot. Allan Hunter Allan Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:28:28 -0600 From: Robert Zimmerman Subject: Help! Desktop rebuilds (improperly) on each start up Howard, it seems to me that Macintosh Easy Open is to blame. Either disable MEO or at least trash its preferences, and I'd bet your troubles disappear. BTW, are you the Howard Fried who used to author "Eye of the Examiner"? zimmie At 10:21 AM -0400 6/18/99, Howard M. Fried allegedly wrote: Sys 8.1, PowerBook G3 (Wallstreet). Every time I boot up, the desktop gets rebuilt, on its own, no user intervention. But it's rebuilt incorrectly. The icons all look OK (not generic) but files are no longer associated with their applications; click on a file and nothing happens, click on an alias and the "...application that created it could not be found" error pops up. Amazingly (to me anyway), when I start up with extensions off (Shift key down), the desktop does not rebuild and files are now associated with their applications. I'd be grateful if anyone could clear this up or suggest where to start looking for a culprit. TIA, Howard Fried ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 18:28:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Dick Van Dyke Subject: ICQ I have some friends that are urging me to get ICQ do you know of any that are for the mac. I only found some for the PC. Neal Styka _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 12:00:03 -0000 From: rob Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #314 quoting Info-Mac and possibly previous message abstract: >Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:26:27 +0100 >From: Nigel Bevan >Subject: [Q] Calendar software > > >We are looking for calendar software to run across Macs and PCs. > >We currently use Now Up-to-Date on the Macs, and although we have a PC >version we never found out how to share the calendar information, and the >PC version is nolonger supported. Meeting Maker 6 offers the first Java based cross platform digital PIM ( Personal Information Manager) ON Technology Corp >From article on new release I submitted to Insanely Great Mac This message was sent with Apple email client - Claris eM@iler2.0v3 'The best just keeps being better than the rest' ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 04:34:56 +0000 From: "Glen Hawkins" Subject: PB G3 and GSM phones I have just brought a new G3/400 Powerbook and would like to connect the internal modem to my GSM phone (Nokia 6110). I would rather not buy a PCMIA card as the PB already has a modem internally and not putting a new card in would be an advantage. Anyone with ideas or experiences with this sort of set up? Cheers Glen ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 22:45:37 -0400 From: Tom Cole Subject: satellite internet provider does any one know of a satellite internet service that supports the mac. The hughes system only does it through an ethernet network. I'm looking for a standalone system . any hardware work arounds to make the pcdirect boards work on a mac. thanks for your information tom cole roycash@interpath.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:07:09 -0700 From: Doug Hardie Subject: True Type Fonts TTConverter works fine on 8.6. Thanks. At 20:39 -0700 6/17/99, Denny Davis wrote: >At 12:23 AM -0700 6/16/99, Doug Hardie wittily wrote: > > >> There are a number of True Type fonts available on the web and appear to be >> configured for windows xx. The files are usually zipped. When opend up >> they have names of the form xxxx.ttf. Is there a way to conver t these to >> Mac font suitcases? >> >> -- Doug > >It is not hard if you use one of the utilities to convert Fonts. I use >TTConverter 1.5 and it works fine for me using 7.6.1. You might have to >search around for it. If needed I can send a copy. > >I can't say if it works for 8.6 or not. :-} > > >Curiosity killed the cat, >but satisfaction brought it back. > >ICQ#5066430 >Blessings, Denny > -- Doug -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************